>I'm hoping to read about your in-laws in Sea Kayaker Magazine. >These kind of people make great Rescue, disaster stories, tell >them to keep up the good work, these are the kind of people the >coast guard lives for........ -SNIP- I would prefer not to read "rescue"- stories of ANY kind in Sea Kayaker or Deep Trouble if that would mean there were no such stories to tell. That is of course an illusion, people will always get into trouble and need to be rescued or in the worst case their bodies recovered. Be it by bad luck, shit happens, rapid unpredicted unexpected change of weather or sea condition, stupidity and ignorance, or any combination of those. I prefer reading and LEARNING from the first two categories, since from the third kind of victims/story one can hardly take any take home message other than to wear a pfd, suitable clothing, carry the appropriate equipment, and stay within your limits -thats were categories. These statements are already backed up by to many cases of category 3 victims -mostly dead ones. The coast guard and other rescuers wouldn't be sad if they can stay in their station for a boring day of TV instead of picking dead or nearly dead kayakers and other pleasure boaters out of the water. I know, at least I hope I got you right, that you wrote your message with a "tongue in the check" or sarcastic intention, but anyway I think this issue is to serious for just kidding around. Cheers Ulli P.S. I read some of the Sea Kayaker articles and Deep Trouble and hope that I learned from other people mishaps to keep myself out of similar situations. At least they motivated me to work on my paddling skills and rescue techniques. Thanks to the people who took the unpleasant task to dive in and write up this kind of stories. (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words.) Ulli Hoeger Dept. Physiology and Biophysics Dalhousie University Halifax, B3H4H7, Nova Scotia Canada Phone I : 902-494-2673 Fax: 902-494-1685 Phone II :902-488-6796 http://is.dal.ca/~uhoeger *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 14 2001 - 11:18:43 PST
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